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A total of 1,300 fugitives and around 980m yuan (US$151m) were recovered and returned to China from overseas in 2017, according to a notice by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top anti-corruption agency.

However, more than 800 duty-related crimes suspects are still at large, with 70 percent believed to be in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Many have already obtained legal status abroad.

On Saturday, the CCDI revealed its goal for 2018, which is to tighten political rules and discipline within the Communist Party of China (CPC).

The institution also called for better supervision of both the Party's political movements and how its policies are implemented.

China has run a multi-agency anti-corruption operation, named Skynet, since 2015, which has helped cut off fugitives' financial channels.